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Ajeemah and His Son

Ajeemah and His Son

Berry, James

Paperback

Series: Willa Perlman Books

General Juvenile FictionHistory

ISBN10: 0064405230
ISBN13: 9780064405232
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: Jan 30 1994
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.17
Height: 0.25 Width: 5.14 Depth: 7.62
Language: English
Awards: Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards

In 1807, at the height of the slave trade, Ajeemah and his son, Atu, are snatched by slave traders from their home in Africa while en route to deliver a dowry to Atu's bride-to-be. Ajeemah and Atu are then taken to Jamaica and sold to neighboring plantations'never to see one another again. Readers will come away with a new sense of respect for those who maintained their dignity and humanity under the cruelest of circumstances.'SLJ. Each moment here of the Jamaican-born poet's terse, melodious narrative is laden with emotion. . . . Brilliant, complex, powerfully written.--K.

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